parkrun stats of the week...26th January 2013

The parkrun statistics of note for this week are:

143 parkrun events run (down 12 on last week)
15,702 runners (up 3,051 on last week)
The snow and ice again got the better of a lot of parkrun events and runners this week in the UK.

The average number of runners per parkrun event run was: 109.8 (up 28 on last week!).

14 events recorded a new record attendance this week, as follows:

Event		Record Attendance
Balyang Sanctuary		128
Barnstaple		63
Cornwall Park		102
Delta		162
Eastbourne		132
Ginninderra		116
Highbury Fields		104
Inverness		85
Lower Hutt		113
Nahoon Point		321
Newy		464
St Peters		204
Torrens		97
Walthamstow		63

New national record attendances were set in each of the following countries:
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa

The longest standing parkrun attendance record is:
Amager Faelled  146 28/08/2010

And in the UK it's:
Gorleston    156    19/03/2011

The highest attendance this week was 948 at Bushy Park.

The lowest attendance this week was 4 at Mansfield parkrun.

4 new male course records set this week (1 less than last week):

Event	Athlete	Time
Chelmsford Central	Tom CAMMACK	17:47
Sandgate	Mesele GEBRE	16:48
South Bank	Liam WOOLLETT	16:26
Walthamstow	Danny NORMAN	17:48

7 new female course records set this week (2 more than last week). The women edge it again this week:

Event		Athlete	Time
Walthamstow		Elizabeth MAIDMENT	24:18
Plymvalley		Sarah PEPPER	18:38
Harrow Lodge		Lydia HALLAM	21:04
Modderfontein Reserve		Marilise VERMAAK	22:30
Wimpole Estate		Caroline PRITCHARD	20:59
Cornwall Park		Nicola O'CEALLAIGH	18:58
St Peters		Britney MCMULLEN	18:27

44 runners (up 18 on last week) ran times under 17 minutes this week.

4 of these runners (up 3 on last week) ran under 16 minutes!
The fastest parkrunner in the World was Tom Aldred running 15:41 at Highbury Fields parkrun.

The fastest 4 were as follows:

Event		Athlete	Time
Highbury Fields		Tom ALDRED	15:41
Brighton & Hove		Kevin ROJAS	15:44
Ginninderra		Mick CHAPMAN	15:48
Poole		Ian HABGOOD	15:51

The top age grade performance this week was by Jane Davies who ran 21:12 in the VW60-64 category at Bushy parkrun, recording a 95.60% Age Grade in the process. Now that is impressive!

The number of parkrun freedom runs being recorded at the moment means that the most recent 100 page is filling in less than a week. The fastest freedom run on the "most recent 100" list at the moment is:

Runner	Date	Location	Run Time
Jonathan WILLIAMS	26/01/2013	Glasgow	00:19:54